Warren said something indicative of the sheriff's presence, and the hand on the sheet made a formless motion which Horner understood, for he took the pale fingers in his own, very gently, and then set them back.

Smith turned toward Meredith, but the latter made a gesture which forbade the attorney to speak of him, and went to a corner and sat down with his head in his hands.
The sleepy young man opened a notebook and shook a stylographic pen so that the ink might flow freely.

The lawyer, briefly and with unlegal agitation, administered an oath, to which Harkless responded feebly, and then there was silence.
"Now, Mr.Harkless, if you please," said Barrett, insinuatingly; "if you feel like telling us as much as you can about it ?" He answered in a low, rather indistinct voice, very deliberately, pausing before almost every word.

It was easy work for the sleepy stenographer.
"I understand.

I don't want to go off my head again before I finish.
Of course I know why you want this.